Will was lying on his side facing the nightstand when he started to stir. As he slowly opened his eyes his mind was flung instantly back to last night and he grinned so wide he resembled the Cheshire Cat. Excitedly he did a 180 and flopped around expecting to see Sonny lying next to him. No Sonny. The Cheshire Cat grin faded.
"Nawww" he uttered out, extending his bottom lip looking sad. His sulkiness interrupted by the clatter of plates and cutlery, and thud against the door and a quiet 'crap' being uttered. He spun around to see Sonny walking in with breakfast and the Cheshire Cat grin instantly returned.
"Hey you" he said dreamily as he looked over at Sonny. "What's all this?"
"Hey you, yourself" Sonny replied with a sweet smile. "This my man, is breakfast bed". Sonny made his way over to his side of the bed, sat the tray down in between them and scooted into bed after it.
"Oh, Sonny – that's so nice. Yummmm…toast! Coffee!" Wills eyes lit up. "We worked up quite an appetite last night it would seem!" He stated.
"You're tellin' me! Geez, Will. You were something else last night .. like seriously!" Sonny said with an almost congratulatory tone.
"Hey, you too!" Will gazed at Sonny.
"Really?" Sonny asked almost shyly. Will rolled his eyes and relaxed his stare into Sonnys eyes.
"Really, babe. Really!" They both laughed proudly.
"We are good" Will said as he winked at Sonny.
Will flew back into his pillow and let out a satisfying belch. "That was good toast, Sonny"
"It was just toast you Pig!" Laughed Sonny. Will flicked Sonny in the shoulder.
"Hey, so are there any leads on the break in at the Club? Is my Grandpa Roman weighing in at all?" Asked Will.
"No, nothing really at all yet." Sonny sighed. "There's some CCTV footage that's still being analyzed but all it's really showed so far is that there were at least two people – your Roman thinks they're male – and I guess what you would call a getaway car out in the lot. But that's it."
"Aw, man. This sucks. I'm sorry" Will rested his hand on Sonnys thigh.
"What for?"
"I dunno, I just am" Will smiled. "I hate seeing you stressed out or worried" Sonny formed a smile at the corner of his mouth and looked at Will kindly, then looked down. Smile gone.
"So uhh, Will. There's something that I need to talk to you about. It's nothing bad, well it's bad. But …." Sonny trailed off.
"What is it Sonny?" He asked sitting up concerned. "What is it 'now' I should say?" Raising his eyebrows he continued "Oh, is it what you were going to tell me about Chad?"
"Yeah, Will. It is." Sonny looked glum and started to fidget with the corner of the bed sheet.
"OK, spill. What's going on?" Asked Will.
Sonny proceeded to update Will on Chads story including Camerons involvement with the diagnosis.
"Brain tumor? Are you serious?! Oh my god! He's going to be OK though, right Sonny? Sonny?" Will noticed a tear roll down Sonnys cheek as fast as it had formed. "Shit, Sonny?!" Will was now worried. Sonny never cries.
"No, Will. He's not. He's…" Sonny sniffed. "He's dying Will. He's not going to make it".
"What!? No? How long?" Wills tears now free flowing. Whilst Sonny never cried, Will on the other hand could never stop himself.
"I don't know Will. Not that long I don't think" He leaned his head across the headboard and looked to Will. "Oh Will!" Noticing Wills eyes exploding like Niagara Falls he lifted away the breakfast tray and took Will into his arms. "It's OK babe, it's OK."
The two of them spent the next half hour or so talking about things. Did Abby know? Was Chad coping? Who else knew? Sonny told him as much as he knew. There was silence for a while with only the chirping of birds being heard from outside. Despite the utter tragedy of the news, being able to console each other helped. These two were at team and could brave anything out as long as they had each other.
The silence was interrupted. Brrrrrrr. Brrrrrr. Brrrrrrr. Brrrrrr. Wills cell phone. With a grumble he released Sonnys embrace and picked up his phone.
"It's Gabi. She wants me to go and get Ari from Rafes place."
"But I thought I heard her say she would be home in the morning?" Sonny asked wrinkling his nose.
"I guess not. Ugggh. I really just wanted to stay here in bed with you" Will replied to Gabis text. Be there soon.
"Me too Will, me too" He said lovingly but still a bit emotionally depleted. "Hey on the bright side though. At least we know she actually DID go to Rafes and is still there – thanks to my mad tail gating skills." Sonny cheeked as he did a little dance with his arms.
"You did not just do that little dance, did you?" Will said as he sniggered. "You're a worry, Kiriakis"
"Hey, don't hate" Sonny replied jokingly in denfense.
"Never could, babe. Not you" Will said beaming over at Sonny. Sonny leant over to will and kissed him lightly but for a long time. The long time turned into a not so lightly as they both got lost in the moment. "We better get out of this bed .. like NOW" Will advised as he broke loose from Sonnys lips and looked down at the tent he was beginning to pitch under the sheets. Sonny threw his head back laughing. Will licked his lips in frowned a little. "I don't know who like that stuff on your toast .. it's so weird"
"It's good Will, I'll convince you to try it sometime you'll see". Sonny had a fixation with marmite. This wasn't the English type though. He'd picked it up on his travels down under and loved it so much he made sure to take a few jars of it with this when he departed New Zealand. The stuff keeps forever and he'd found a third of a jar left when un packing kitchen things into the new apartment. 'Score' he thought when he found it. "Bet I still taste just as good though right?" He said winking suggestively. Will sighed in defeat.
"Yeah, you do" He smiled, kissed Sonny one more time and hopped out of bed.
Will was in the shower and Sonny was in the kitchen cleaning up after breakfast. He had to make an appearance at the Club today and get things under control. He caught himself smiling as he was doing the dishes. Not something that the common human would do whilst standing in front of a sink full of dishes. But Sonny was happy. Sonny was planning. How would he ask? When would he ask. What would he say? What would Will say? What would everyone else say? Sonny was excited and nervous but he was happy. Very happy.
